Dixie set for Irish repeat

Whistling Dixie, owned by British Horseracing Board chairman Peter Savill, will bid for a repeat win at the Northern Ireland Festival of Racing at Down Royal on November 8 and 9.

Dixie set for Irish repeat
Mon, 28 Oct, 2002 - 10:56

Whistling Dixie, owned by British Horseracing Board chairman Peter Savill, will bid for a repeat win at the Northern Ireland Festival of Racing at Down Royal on November 8 and 9.

Whistling Dixie was successful last year in the £50,000 (€79,350) handicap hurdle and will go for the same race this time in an event now sponsored by Stanley Bookmakers.

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